Galileo

UK government shakes magic money tree, finds $500m to buy a stake in struggling satellite firm OneWeb

Whitehall buddies up with Bharti to complete constellation

Science03 Jul 2020 | 84

One does not simply repurpose an entire internet constellation for sat-nav, but UK might have a go anyway

Blighty pondering OneWeb as the new Brexit Satellite

Science30 Jun 2020 | 259

Wired: China's Beidou satnav system, 35th bird in orbit. Tired: America's GPS. Expired: Britain's dreams of its own

Middle Kingdom completes its third-generation positioning system

Science23 Jun 2020 | 25

Surprise! Plans for a Brexit version of the EU's Galileo have been delayed

Global Prestige or Global Positioning? Squabbles ensue as politicos realise space is hard

Science02 Mar 2020 | 157

EU tells UK: Cut the BS, sign here, and you can have access to Galileo sat's secure service

ESA shuffles Brits about as Brexit bites

Science05 Feb 2020 | 156

Remember when Europe’s entire Galileo satellite system fell over last summer? No you don’t. The official stats reveal it never happened

We're too outraged to do a Bohemian Rhapsody headline

Science29 Jan 2020 | 120

Register Lecture: Can portable atomic clocks end UK dependence on GNSS?

New decade, independent geo-time keeping

Lectures03 Dec 2019 | 138

One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe's Galileo satellites going dark

Also organizational chaos, secrecy and self-regulation

Science08 Nov 2019 | 148

Experts: No need to worry about Europe's navigation sats going dark for days. Also: What the hell is going on with those satellites?!

Galileo, Galileo... time to stop doing the fandango and get on with the global positioning

Science17 Jul 2019 | 92

Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, where to go? Navigation satellite signals flip from degraded to full TITSUP* over span of four days

*Timing Is Terrible Say Users Plaintively

Science15 Jul 2019 | 144

How do you solve a problem like Galileo? With a strap-on L-band payload, of course!

Nigerian and Brit augmented boffinry could save billions

Science20 Feb 2019 | 48

Brexit-dodging SCISYS Brits find Galileo joy in Dublin

UK space specialist's holding company ups sticks for €11.2m

Science17 Dec 2018 | 139

Galileo's magnifico measurement: 1976 redshift test updated

A second put aside for Doresa and Milena

Science07 Dec 2018 | 29

Space policy boffin: Blighty can't just ctrl-C, ctrl-V plans for Galileo into its Brexit satellite

Interview You need spectrum – and find something better to spend £92m on, will ya?

Science03 Dec 2018 | 236

Blighty: We spent £1bn on Galileo and all we got was this lousy T-shirt

Minister confirms how much UK spunked on system it can't use

Science23 Nov 2018 | 266

5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1... Runty-birds are go: 12,000+ internet-beaming mini-satellites OK'd by USA

FCC signs off on broadband-in-space plans, plus connections to Europe's GPS

Networks15 Nov 2018 | 45

UK space comes to an 'understanding' with Australia as Brexit looms

Countries agree to cooperate on satellite navigation as Blighty faces becoming a third country in Galileo

Science04 Oct 2018 | 253

UK.gov finally adds Galileo and Copernicus to the Brexit divorce bill

No deal still 'unlikely' insists Whitehall. But here's some grim guidance anyway

Science14 Sep 2018 | 267

Galileo, here we go again. My my, the Brits are gonna miss EU

Britain launching its own sat looks more and more likely

Science27 Jun 2018 | 370

Tech firms, come to Blighty! Everything is brill! Brexit schmexit, Galileo schmalileo

Desperate times at Downing Street

On-Prem14 Jun 2018 | 139

No fandango for you: EU boots UK off Galileo satellite project

More Brexit fallout as Europe plays hardball with positioning

Science13 Jun 2018 | 400

I see a satellite of a man ... Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, that's now 4 sats fit to go

But I'm just a poor Brit, and nobody loves me

Science05 Jun 2018 | 106

Ongoing game of Galileo chicken goes up a notch as the UK talks refunds

Clauses to the left, clauses to right and here we are, stuck in the middle with EU

Science24 May 2018 | 166

RAF Air Command to take on UK military space ops

Dan Dare has a think about Galileo in least interesting comic strip ever

Science21 May 2018 | 70

It's Galileo Groundhog Day! You can keep asking the same question, but it won't change the answer

Punxsutawney Phil, where will Brexit leave UK space?

Science10 May 2018 | 138

Blighty: If EU won't let us play at Galileo, we're going home and taking encryption tech with us

UK stomps off in a sulk, mumbling something about its own satellite constellation

Science02 May 2018 | 236

Blighty stuffs itself in Galileo airlock and dares Europe to pull the lever

As toys fly from prams over post-Brexit access to sat system, UK.gov is reminded: You agreed to this

Science25 Apr 2018 | 244

Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, off you go: Snout of UK space forcibly removed from EU satellite trough

Brit industry, military locked out

Science26 Mar 2018 | 333

Intel: Joule's burned, Edison switched off, and Galileo – Galileo is no more

Chipzilla takes axe to IoT and embedded compute lines

Edge + IoT20 Jun 2017 | 56

Euro space agency's Galileo satellites stricken by mystery clock failures

One in eight have stopped, admits org's director general

Science18 Jan 2017 | 124

Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo fit to go: Europe's GPS-like network switches on

More accurate than American system and open to all

Science15 Dec 2016 | 77

ESA lofts one astronaut and four Galileo satellites into orbit

Although not at the same time

Science18 Nov 2016 | 13

Galileo satnav fleet grows an extra pair

Satellites 13 and 14 safely aloft

Science24 May 2016 | 14

Galileo satnav fleet waxes orbital

Satellites 13 and 14 launch tomorrow from French Guiana

Science23 May 2016 | 21

Galileos 11 and 12 live for your (imminent) navigating pleasure

Europe's satnav fleet gains operational pair

Science29 Apr 2016 | 16

Galileo in spaaace: France's 'equivalence principle' satellite

Do all bodies in a vacuum really fall at the same speed?

Science28 Apr 2016 | 24

They're alive! Galileo sats 9 and 10 sending valid signals

Europe's satnav system should now be even better at settling in-car arguments

Science03 Feb 2016 | 36

Launch embiggens Galileo satnav fleet

Two new satellites blast off, eight now in orbit

Science17 Dec 2015 | 29

Galileo, Galileo, Galileo good two go

Magnifico! Another pair of Euro satnav birds come online for your navigational pleasure

Science02 Dec 2015 | 32

Microsoft makes Raspberry Pi its preferred IoT dev board

Intel's Galileo scratched off Windows 10 'thing' list

Edge + IoT19 Nov 2015 | 59

Einstein's brain to be picked by satellites

Euro GPS misfires to test General Relativity

Science10 Nov 2015 | 58

Galileo, Galileo, Galileo good to go!

Two new Euro-satnav birds go aloft without incident

Science11 Sep 2015 | 24

Easy come, easy go: Euro astroboffins blast brace of Galileo sats INTO SPAAACE

Look up to the skies and see

Science28 Mar 2015 | 22

Galileo! Galileo! Galileo good to go after six-week recovery effort

Errant sixth satellite nudged into useful orbit

Science18 Mar 2015 | 28

Magnifico! Galileo satellite nudged back into correct orbit

Second system still AWOL for the moment

Science04 Dec 2014 | 21

Hardened Hydrazine the source of Galileo satnav FAIL

Russian aerospace firm's kit fails on 46th mission

Science13 Oct 2014 | 30

Software bug caught Galileo sats in landslide, no escape from reality

Life had just begun, code error means Russia's gone and thrown it all away

Science29 Aug 2014 | 34

Galileo! Galileo. Galileo! Galileo frigged-LEO: Easy come, easy go. Little high, little low

You think you can love me and leave me to die? Never – ESA

Science26 Aug 2014 | 33

Galileo can't do the fandango: Two Euro GPS nav sats sent into WRONG ORBIT

Space agency baffled by 'anomaly'

Science23 Aug 2014 | 40

Galileo, Galileo! Galileo, Galileo! Galileo fit to go. Magnifico

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me. But at least I can find my way with ESA GPS by 2017

Science22 Aug 2014 | 21

Intel shows off tech bubbles, low-power yacht racing and... a DIRECT solar charger

Pics Chipzilla showcase mixes ideas with reality

Personal Tech16 May 2014 | 4

10,000 km road trip proves Galileo satnav works, says ESA

Even with only four birds flying, Europe's GPS alternative won't let you get lost

Science13 Feb 2014 | 38

Euro GPS Galileo gets ready for nuclear missile use

Encrypted defence-grade signals received and deciphered

Legal10 Jul 2013 | 30

China's Beidou satnav will open to mobe-makers

Meanwhile in Europe, Galileo gets a firm fix

Legal03 Apr 2013 | 15

Is that a truncheon in your trousers, officer, or ... an antenna, you say?

Scottish upstart to help track cops using Galileo

Security15 Nov 2012 | 18

Successful launch readies Galileo satellites for test

Positioning satellite constellation takes shape

Science14 Oct 2012 | 18